Baseball Preview: Blair Bears vs. Bennington Badgers
Blair has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Bennington Badgers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams were dealt some close losses in their previous games and are determined not to let this one get away.
On Tuesday, Blair didn't have quite enough to beat Lincoln Northwest and fell 4-2.
Tanner Jacobson put in work while hitting and pitching. He tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Jacobson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Jacobson wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was J?Shawn Unger, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bennington faced Norris in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Bennington fell just short of Norris by a score of 8-6. Bennington's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Blair's loss dropped their record down to 5-7. As for Bennington, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 12-2.
Blair came up short against Bennington in their previous matchup on Monday, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bennington's Nolan Japp, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Now that Blair knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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